# चूर्ण
## Hindi
### Alternative forms

* चूरा (cūrā), चूरन (cūran)

### Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit चूर्ण (cūrṇa).

### Pronunciation

* (Delhi) IPA: /t͡ʃuːɾɳ/

### Noun

चूर्ण • (cūrṇ) m
* powder (finely ground substance)
* (specifically, medicine) digestive powder

#### Derived terms

* चूर्ण करना (cūrṇ karnā, “to pulverize”)

## Sanskrit
### Alternative scripts

* চূৰ্ণ (Assamese script)
* ᬘᬹᬃᬡ (Balinese script)
* চূর্ণ (Bengali script)
* 𑰓𑰳𑰨𑰿𑰜 (Bhaiksuki script)
* 𑀘𑀽𑀭𑁆𑀡 (Brahmi script)
* စူရ်္ဏ (Burmese script)
* ચૂર્ણ (Gujarati script)
* ਚੂਰ੍ਣ (Gurmukhi script)
* 𑌚𑍂𑌰𑍍𑌣 (Grantha script)
* ꦕꦹꦂꦟ (Javanese script)
* 𑂒𑂴𑂩𑂹𑂝 (Kaithi script)
* ಚೂರ್ಣ (Kannada script)
* ចូណ៌ (Khmer script)
* ຈູຣ຺ຓ (Lao script)
* ചൂര്ണ (Malayalam script)
* ᢜᡠᡠᡵᢏᠠ (Manchu script)
* 𑘓𑘴𑘨𑘿𑘜 (Modi script)
* ᢋᠤᠤᠷᢏᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
* 𑦳𑧕𑧈𑧠𑦼 (Nandinagari script)
* 𑐔𑐹𑐬𑑂𑐞 (Newa script)
* ଚୂର୍ଣ (Odia script)
* ꢗꢹꢬ꣄ꢠ (Saurashtra script)
* 𑆖𑆷𑆫𑇀𑆟 (Sharada script)
* 𑖓𑖳𑖨𑖿𑖜 (Siddham script)
* චූර්‍ණ (Sinhalese script)
* 𑩡𑩒𑩛𑩼 𑪙𑩪 (Soyombo script)
* 𑚏𑚱𑚤𑚶𑚘 (Takri script)
* சூர்ண (Tamil script)
* చూర్ణ (Telugu script)
* จูรฺณ (Thai script)
* ཙཱུ་རྞ (Tibetan script)
* 𑒔𑒴𑒩𑓂𑒝 (Tirhuta script)
* 𑨣𑨃𑨊𑨫𑩇𑨘 (Zanabazar Square script)

### Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.).

### Pronunciation

* (Vedic) IPA: /t͡ɕuːɾ.ɳɐ/
* (Classical Sanskrit) IPA: /ˈt͡ɕuːɾ.ɳɐ/

### Adjective

चूर्ण • (cūrṇa) stem
* minute

#### Declension
### Noun

चूर्ण • (cūrṇa) stem, m
* powder flour, aromatic powder, pounded sandal
* chalk, lime
* name of a man

#### Declension
### Noun

चूर्ण • (cūrṇa) stem, n
* rice mixed with sesame
* a kind of easy prose
* dividing a word by separating double consonant for obtaining a different sense (in a riddle etc.)

#### Descendants

* Dardic:
** Kashmiri: ژوٗر (ċūr)
* Prakrit: 𑀘𑀽𑀭 (cūra)
** Central:
*** Sauraseni Prakrit:
**** Hindustani: cūr, cūrā
***** Hindi: चूर, चूरा
***** Urdu: چُور (cūr), چُورَا (cūrā)
** Eastern:
*** Magadhi Prakrit:
**** Assamese: চূৰ (sur), চূণ (sun)
**** Bengali: চুর (cur), চুন (cun)
**** Odia: ଚୂର (cura)
** Northern:
*** Khasa Prakrit:
**** Central Pahari:
***** Kumaoni: चुरो (curo)
**** Eastern Pahari:
***** Nepali: चुर (cura)
** Northwestern:
*** Paisaci Prakrit:
**** Takka Apabhramsa:
***** Punjabi: cūr
    Gurmukhi script: ਚੂਰ
    Shahmukhi script: چُور
****** Lahnda: چوری (cūrī)
**** Vracada Apabhramsa:
***** Sindhi: cūru, cūro, cūrī
    Arabic script: چُورُ, چُورو, چُورِي
    Devanagari script: चूरु, चूरो, चूरी
****** Kachchi: ચૂરો (cūro)
** Southern:
*** Helu Prakrit:
**** Dhivehi: ހުނި (huni)
**** Sinhalese: හුනු (hunu)
*** Maharastri Prakrit:
**** Marathi: चूर (cūr), चुरा (curā), चुरी (curī)
** Western:
*** Sauraseni Prakrit:
**** Gurjara Apabhramsa:
***** Gujarati: ચૂર (cūr), ચૂરો (cūro), ચૂરી (cūrī)
* Prakrit: 𑀘𑀽𑀭𑁂𑀇 (cūrei)
* Central:
** Sauraseni Prakrit:
*** Hindustani: cūrnā
**** Hindi: चूरना
**** Urdu: چُورنَا (cūrnā)
* Eastern:
** Magadhi Prakrit:
*** Odia: ଚୂରିବା (curibā)
* Northwestern:
** Paisaci Prakrit:
*** Takka Apabhramsa:
**** Punjabi: cūrṇā
    Gurmukhi script: ਚੂਰਣਾ
    Shahmukhi script: چُورݨَا
* Southern:
** Maharastri Prakrit:
*** Marathi: चुरणे (curṇe)
* Western:
** Sauraseni Prakrit:
*** Gurjara Apabhramsa:
**** Old Gujarati: चूरीइ (cūrīi)
***** Gujarati: ચુરવું (curvũ)
* Pali: cuṇṇa
* Prakrit: 𑀘𑀼𑀡𑁆𑀡 (cuṇṇa)
** → Malayalam: ചുണ്ണം (cuṇṇaṁ), ചുണ്ണാമ്പ് (cuṇṇāmpŭ)
** → Tamil: சுண்ணம் (cuṇṇam), சுண்ணாம்பு (cuṇṇāmpu)
** → Telugu: సున్నము (sunnamu), సున్నం (sunnaṁ)
* → Malayalam: ചൂർണ്ണം (cūṟṇṇaṁ), ചൂർണം (cūṟṇaṁ)
* → Telugu: చూర్ణము (cūrṇamu), చూర్ణం (cūrṇaṁ)

### References

* Monier Williams (1899) “चूर्ण”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 0401.
* Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “cura”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 267